May 8, 2015

When GREENSLADE split in 1975, Dave Greenslade had already written, in effect, an album of new band material, and he was ready to make another album! He decided to record this album himself, and assembled a cast of stellar musicians to help him do just that."Cactus Choir" was released to worldwide critical acclaim in 1976.Having written the theme for a one-off TV programme entitled: "Gangsters" in 1974 (the instrumental version of which was subsequently issued on the GREENSLADE album: "Time And Time"), Dave Greenslade added lyrics to the track in 1976 and asked Chris Farlowe - the lead singer with COLOSSEUM - to deliver a vocal for it. That version of ‘Gangsters’ is included here on the CD version of "Cactus Choir" as the Bonus track.